Title :
10.7-Gb/s Discrete Multitone Transmission Over 25-m Bend-Insensitive Multicore Polymer Optical Fiber
Author :
Loquai, Sven ; Kruglov, Roman ; Bunge, Christian-Alexander ; Ziemann, Olaf ; Schmauss, Bernhard ; Vinogradov, Juri
Author_Institution :
Polymer Opt. Fiber Applic. Center (POF-AC), Univ. of Appl. Sci., Nuremberg, Germany
Abstract :
We report on 10.7-Gb/s transmission over 25-m multicore polymer optical fiber (MC-POF) which allows a robust transmission and ease of installation including tight bends. The discrete multitone modulation technique is applied to the intensity-modulated direct-detection optical channel in order to achieve high spectral efficiency. The use of bend-insensitive MC-POF reduces significantly the admissible bending radius to 2.5 mm without any signal distortion resulting in a very robust installation. The POF-optimized receiver comprises a silicon pin photodiode with an active diameter of 400 and a transimpedance amplifier.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; optical polymers; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; silicon; bit rate 10.7 Gbit/s; discrete multitone transmission; insensitive multicore polymer optical fiber; intensity-modulated direct-detection optical channel; signal distortion; silicon p-i-n photodiodes; spectral efficiency; transimpedance amplifier; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Polymers; Robustness; Signal to noise ratio; Interconnection; optical communication; polymer optical fiber (POF); signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2074192
